Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
Professor Gita Sedghi
University of Liverpool, UK
For outstanding contributions to excellence in higher education teaching and for having transformative impact on the student experience.
Professor Harry Anderson
University of Oxford, UK
For work on the synthesis and investigation of pi-conjugated macrocycles and new carbon allotropes.
Professor Helen Cooper
University of Birmingham, UK
For the development of native ambient mass spectrometry as an analytical technique to enable direct analysis and imaging of intact proteins and pro...
Professor Igor Larrosa
University of Manchester, UK
2025 Robert Robinson Prize: awarded for contributions to organic chemistry in the area of ruthenium-catalysed C-C bond formation.
Professor J. Paul
University of Edinburgh, UK
For transformative discoveries of new materials from high pressure synthesis and of novel electronic phenomena in solids.
Professor James McCusker
Michigan State University, USA
2025 Dalton open Prize: Mond-Nyholm Prize for Inorganic 浪花直播: awarded for insights into the photophysics of first row transition metal complex...
Professor James McCusker
Michigan State University, USA
For the combined application of synthesis and ultrafast spectroscopy to advance our understanding of the excited-state dynamics of transition metal...
Professor James Tour
Rice University, USA
For innovations in materials chemistry, with applications in medicine and nanotechnology.
Professor Jan Verlet
Durham University, UK
For pioneering contributions to the spectroscopy and dynamics of anions in the gas-phase and at aqueous interfaces.
Professor Jason Hallett
Imperial College London, UK
For pioneering work on the development of ionic liquids as commercially relevant solvents in biorefining and the circular economy.
Professor Jason Micklefield
University of Manchester, UK
For innovative research spanning organic chemistry to molecular genetics, leading to the discovery, characterisation, and engineering of many novel...
Professor Jean-Luc Br茅das
University of Arizona, USA
For seminal contributions to our fundamental understanding of the electronic properties of organic materials for electronics and photonics, and for...
Professor Jeffrey Long
University of California Berkeley, USA
For pioneering work in the synthesis and characterization of inorganic molecules and materials exhibiting new physical phenomena.
Professor Jennifer Leigh
University of Kent, UK
2025 Inclusion and Diversity Prize: for leading exceptional and innovative interdisciplinary evidence-based research addressing and highlighting sy...
Professor Jianliang Xiao
University of Liverpool, UK
For outstanding contributions to catalysis, both in fundamental studies and commercial application.
Professor Jiashu Sun
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), China
Winner 2024: For outstanding contributions to the understanding or development of miniaturised systems.
Professor Johannes Awudza
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
For outstanding service to the 浪花直播 in Ghana and through the Pan-African 浪花直播 Network.
Professor John Dean
Northumbria University and RSC Analytical Division North East Region
For dedication to the planning, coordination and ongoing development of the Schools Analyst Competition.
Professor John Dean
Northumbria University and RSC Analytical Division North East Region
For outstanding service to the 浪花直播 through the development and support for the analytical science community and the School's...
Professor John Hepworth
University of Central Lancashire and RSC Lancaster and District Local Section
For outstanding service to the 浪花直播 through our Local Sections, governance committees and Board of Trustees.